Ararahih'urípih
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áasiv cave, overhanging rock

Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #53 | revised Jun 26 2014

áasiv • N • cave, overhanging rock

Derivative (1)
asivtíshraam "placename near Clear Creek"

Source: WB 158, p.323

  • xás asivshúruk su' utápichkaa. Then he slipped in under a rock. [Reference: KM 27.33]
  • yukún vúra uum xára takun'íchunva áasiv. For a long time they had hidden in a cave. [Reference: WB T58.4]

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  1. xas    asivsúruk    su'    utápichkaa   
    then    under.a.rock    inside    he.slipped.to   
    Then he slipped in under a rock.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  2. apsunmunukich    xas    upárihishrihanik    vaa    vura    kaan    asivsúruk    utápichkaanik   
    racer.snake    then    he.transformed.into    so    Intensive    there    under.a.rock    he.slipped.to   
    Then he turned into apsunmunukich (snake species) right there, he went in under the overhanging rocks.
    Source: Phoebe Maddux, "How Western Yellow-Bellied Racer was Transformed" (JPH_KIM-10) | read full text

  3. sáruk    xás    asivshúnukich    utápichkaa   
    downhill    then    beneath.an.overhanging.rock    he.slips.to   
    He slipped downhill under an overhanging rock.
    Source: Nettie Ruben, "Coyote Eats His Own Excrement" (WB_KL-14) | read full text

  4. yukún    vúra    uum    xára    tá    kun'íchunva    áasiv   
    you.see    Intensive    3.SG    long.time    PERF    they.hid.themselves    cave   
    You see, (the couple) had hid for a long time in a cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text

  5. vaa    ík    káan    i'uumêesh    pámita    nu'ínoohvootihirak    pa'aasívak   
    so    must    there    you.will.go    where.(in.the.near.past)    where.we.were.staying.all.the.time    in.the.cave   
    You must go there where we used to stay, in the cave.
    Source: Mamie Offield, "A Trip to the Land of the Dead" (WB_KL-58) | read full text